*elan*

‖n. [ Sp., prop. p. of adelantar to advance, to promote. ] A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of North American deciduous trees or shrubs.
Syn. -- genus Amelanchier. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Card Playing) (a) A French gambling game somewhat like poker. (b) In French games, a pair royal, or triplet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ F. carré square. ] (Card Playing) In French games, a double pair royal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ F. favori favorite. ] (Card Playing) In French games, a pair royal composed of 2 cards in the hand and the card turned. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) See Capelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. chélidoine, fr. L. chelidonia (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr. chelido`nios, fr. chelidw`n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a swallow. ] (Bot.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Professor Parker Cleaveland. ] (Min.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Land or region where one was cradled; hence, land of origin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the 11 southern states that seceded from the U. S. in 1861.
Syn. -- Confederacy, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. élancer to dart. ] Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Elanced p. pr. & vb. n. Elancing ] [ F. élancer, OF. eslancier; pref. es- (L. ex) + F. lancer to dart, throw, fr. lance. ] To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. eland elk, of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. jelen stag, Russ. oléne, Lith. elnis; perh. akin to E. elk. ] 1. (Zoöl.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) The elk or moose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.) A kite of the genus Elanus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Filanders.

n. 1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person who acts independently or without authorization of an organization or of his superiors. [ PJC ]

2. a person who pursues a profession independently, and not as the employee of an organization; -- used especially of writers or photographers who sell their work to organizations of which they are not employees. [ PJC ]

a. of or pertaining to a freelance{ 2 }; as, a freelance photographer. [ PJC ]

n. a freelance{ 2 }, n. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. goëland. ] (Zool.) A white tropical tern (Cygis candida). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Min.) A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + me`las, me`laina, black. ] (Min.) An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court. [ Written also libellant. ] Cranch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.), Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes; called also melanoma. It is classed as a type of skin cancer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`las, me`lanos, black + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. me`las, me`lanos, black + &unr_; leading, driving, &unr_; to lead. ] (Med.) A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Melancholy. ] (Med.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic. [ Obs. ] Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. melancholicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. mélancholique. ] Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just as the melancholic eye
Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] 1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. J. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a melancholy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. melancholieux. ] Melancholy. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One affected with melancholy or dejection. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become gloomy or dejected in mind. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make melancholy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. melancolie, F. mélancolie, L. melancholia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; me`las, me`lanos, black + &unr_; gall, bile. See Malice, and 1st Gall. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [ Obs. ] “Hail, divinest Melancholy !” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Ill nature. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired. [ Obs. ] Bp. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Favorable to meditation; somber. [ 1913 Webster ]

A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered. Evelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Gloomy; sad; dispirited; low-spirited; downhearted; unhappy; hypochondriac; disconsolate; heavy, doleful; dismal; calamitous; afflictive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A family of fungi constituting the order Melanconiales. -- Mel`an*co`ni*a"ceous a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. pl. [ NL., fr. Melanconium, name of the typical genus, fr. Gr. me`las black + &unr_; dust, in allusion to the dark spores. ] (Bot.) The smallest of the three orders of Fungi Imperfecti, including those with no asci nor pycnidia, but as a rule having the spores in cavities without special walls. They cause many of the plant diseases known as anthracnose. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. a. [ Gr. me`las, me`lanos, black + &unr_; island. Melanesia was so called from the dark complexion of the natives. ] Of or pertaining to Melanesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Mell, Meddle. ] A mixture; a medley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. me`las, -anos, black. ] 1. Melanotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the black-haired races. Prichard. [ 1913 Webster ]